Thoughts: I have surprisingly never finished this entire series. I'm not sure why but here we are! To Santa, who got me this in either 2001 or 2002 - thanks! I finally read it 😂. Child me would have LOVED this. Adult me - struggled. So much. I was honestly really bored for the middle 3 books. I had to switch to audio to get through it. Patrick Stewart reads the final book and made it most excellent.